| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T141108.20110606 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 06 June 2011 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1411/08 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 00963625.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 17/60 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING PROVIDERS WITH CONSUMERS OF ONLINE GOODS AND SERVICES | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | In-Development, LLC | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Substantial procedural violation (yes) Unsearched subject matter - examination proceedings |
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"Notorious" knowledge, for which no search need be performed before an objection of lack of inventive step is raised, is understood, firstly, as being so well known that its existence at the date of priority cannot be reasonably disputed ; and, secondly, as relating to generic features, that is, to features which are defined in such a way that technical details are not significant (Reasons 4.1, 4.2 and 7.3). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t081411eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021